Music-leaf turner.



No. 759,829. PATENTED MAY 1 0, 1904.

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MUSIC LEAF TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1903.

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MUSIC LEAF TURNER.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.-

WILLIAM PILOT, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FREDERICK KONN AND CHARLES E. SHIPLEY, OF DENVER,

COLORADO.

MUSIC-LEAF TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,829, dated May 10, 1904.

Application filed June 26, 1903 Serial No.163g186. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM PILOT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Music-Leaf Turner, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in music-leaf turners, an object being to provide a device for this purpose that shall be simple in construction and inexpensive and by means of which music may be quickly turned without interfering with the playing of an instrument.

I will describe a music-leaf turner embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a musicleaf turner embodying my invention. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are front elevations thereof with sheet music thereon, showing the parts in different positions. Fig. is a section on the line or m of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a section on the line y y of Fig. 1.

The frame of the music-leaf turner consists of a base-rail 1, of any suitable material such, for instance, as woodand a metal rod extended upward therefrom and bent to form the uprights or side members 2 and the cross top member 3, to which a brace-rod 4 is attached. This brace-rod4 is mounted to swing on the member 3, so that when the device is not in use the said rod may be turned in close against the base-rail 1. When in use, however, this rod 4 will hold the device at any desired angle.

Extended upward from the base 1 and practically in alinement with the side members 2 is a rod 5, and forward of this rod 5 and having a somewhat greater length is another rod 6. At one side of the rod 6 is a post 7 having its upper end turned outward and provided with a hook, as indicated at 8, which i for playing.

forms a keeper having a turning-finger to be hereinafter described.

Forward of one of the side members 2, here shown as the right-hand side member, is a short pin 9, extended upward from the base 1. Coiled around the post 7 is a spring 10, the upper end of which is turned outward to form a turning-finger 11, having a loop portion 12, and the lower end of the spring is extended outward to'form a turning-finger 13, having a loop 14 at its end. This finger 13 is designed to be engaged in a keeper 14, attached to the base-rail at the front. To prevent the spring 10 from turning on the post 7, I may flatten the post at about its center, as indicated at in Fig. 6, with the center portion of the spring pressed against the same. By this arrangement the upper and lower portions of the springs and the fingers carried thereby operate independently.

In the working of the device the first and last sheets or pages of music-say pages 1 and 6are placed immediately in front of the parts 2 and 5 and behind the rod 6. The finger 11 is turned to the right and engages with the keeper 8. The pages 2, 3, 4, and 5 are brought around the rod 6, as indicated in Fig. 2, and page 4 is placed in front of the finger 11 and then placed back of the rod 9. The finger 13 is now brought to the right and engages with the keeper 14. Page 3 of the music is turned over to the right, and the sheets are in place The arms 11 and 13 are both disengaged by pressure applied to the sheet of music at a point immediately over the loop 12 of the arm 11 and over the loop 14 of the arm 13. This pressure is applied either by blowing with the breath upon the sheet at a point indicated or by a slight tap with the finger. The first blow or tap turns page 3 of the music and is applied to the sheet of music at a point immediately over the loop 14. Then when it becomes necessary to turn the next sheet of music a blow or tap is applied to that sheet at a point immediately over the loop 12. The sheets are swung from the rear of the arm 9 by the force of the spring, which acts upon the arms when the blow or tap is made upon the sheets at the point above indicated. The first blow or tap disengages the arm 13 from its keeper. The second blow or tap disengages the arm 11 from its keeper.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A music-leaf turner, COI'XIIHiSlDgiL frame, a post extended upward from the base of the frame, the upper end of said post being turned outward to form a keeper, a spring surrounding the post, the upper end of the spring being turned outward to form a finger adapted to engage with said keeper, the lower end of said spring being turned outward to form a finger, and a keeper on the lower member of the frame with which said last-named finger is designed to engage,

2. A music-leaf turner comprising a frame, a post extended upward from the base portion of the frame, a keeper extended laterally from the upper end of the post, a spring coiled around said post and secured between its ends thereto, the upper end of the spring being turned outward and provided with a loop end, the lower end of the spring being also turned outward and provided with a loop end, and a keeper with which said lower turned-out portion is designed to engage.

3. A music-leaf turner comprising a frame, a rod extended upward from the base of the frame and substantially in alinement with the side members of the frame, a rod extended upward from the base portion of the frame forward of the first-named rod, a post extended upward from the base of the frame and having a flattened portion, a spring surrounding the post and having a portion pressed against the flattened portion of the post, turning-lingers extended from the spring at the upper and lower ends of said post, keepers for engaging with said lingers, and a brace-bar having swinging connection with the upper member of the frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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Witnesses:

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